Covering theory for complexes of groups
Abstract
We develop an explicit covering theory for complexes of groups, parallel to that developed for graphs of groups by Bass. Given a covering of developable complexes of groups, we construct the induced monomorphism of fundamental groups and isometry of universal covers. We characterize faithful complexes of groups and prove a conjugacy theorem for groups acting freely on polyhedral complexes. We also define an equivalence relation on coverings of complexes of groups, which allows us to construct a bijection between such equivalence classes, and subgroups or overgroups of a fixed lattice in the automorphism group of a locally finite polyhedral complex .
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0605303,
title = {Covering theory for complexes of groups},
author = {Seonhee Lim and Anne Thomas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0605303},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
47 pages, 1 figure. Comprises Sections 1-4 of previous submission. New introduction. To appear in J. Pure Appl. Algebra